1 .TH ACPIDUMP 8 1 .TH ACPIDUMP 8
2 .SH NAME 2 .SH NAME
3 acpidump \- dump a system's ACPI tables to an 3 acpidump \- dump a system's ACPI tables to an ASCII file
4 4
5 .SH SYNOPSIS 5 .SH SYNOPSIS
6 .B acpidump 6 .B acpidump
7 .RI [ options ] 7 .RI [ options ]
8 .br 8 .br
9 9
10 .SH DESCRIPTION 10 .SH DESCRIPTION
11 .B acpidump 11 .B acpidump
12 dumps the systems ACPI tables to an ASCII file 12 dumps the systems ACPI tables to an ASCII file appropriate for
13 attaching to a bug report. 13 attaching to a bug report.
14 14
15 Subsequently, they can be processed by utiliti 15 Subsequently, they can be processed by utilities in the ACPICA package.
16 16
17 .SH OPTIONS 17 .SH OPTIONS
18 acpidump options are as follow: 18 acpidump options are as follow:
19 .TP 19 .TP
20 .B Options 20 .B Options
21 .TP 21 .TP
22 .B \-b 22 .B \-b
23 Dump tables to binary files 23 Dump tables to binary files
24 .TP 24 .TP
25 .B \-h \-? 25 .B \-h \-?
26 This help message 26 This help message
27 .TP 27 .TP
28 .B \-o <File> 28 .B \-o <File>
29 Redirect output to file 29 Redirect output to file
30 .TP 30 .TP
31 .B \-r <Address> 31 .B \-r <Address>
32 Dump tables from specified RSDP 32 Dump tables from specified RSDP
33 .TP 33 .TP
34 .B \-s 34 .B \-s
35 Print table summaries only 35 Print table summaries only
36 .TP 36 .TP
37 .B \-v 37 .B \-v
38 Display version information 38 Display version information
39 .TP 39 .TP
40 .B \-z 40 .B \-z
41 Verbose mode 41 Verbose mode
42 .TP 42 .TP
43 .B Table Options 43 .B Table Options
44 .TP 44 .TP
45 .B \-a <Address> 45 .B \-a <Address>
46 Get table via a physical address 46 Get table via a physical address
47 .TP 47 .TP
48 .B \-c <on|off> 48 .B \-c <on|off>
49 Turning on/off customized table dumping 49 Turning on/off customized table dumping
50 .TP 50 .TP
51 .B \-f <BinaryFile> 51 .B \-f <BinaryFile>
52 Get table via a binary file 52 Get table via a binary file
53 .TP 53 .TP
54 .B \-n <Signature> 54 .B \-n <Signature>
55 Get table via a name/signature 55 Get table via a name/signature
56 .TP 56 .TP
57 .B \-x 57 .B \-x
58 Do not use but dump XSDT 58 Do not use but dump XSDT
59 .TP 59 .TP
60 .B \-x \-x 60 .B \-x \-x
61 Do not use or dump XSDT 61 Do not use or dump XSDT
62 .TP 62 .TP
63 .fi 63 .fi
64 Invocation without parameters dumps all availa 64 Invocation without parameters dumps all available tables.
65 .TP 65 .TP
66 Multiple mixed instances of -a, -f, and -n are 66 Multiple mixed instances of -a, -f, and -n are supported.
67 67
68 .SH EXAMPLES 68 .SH EXAMPLES
69 69
70 .nf 70 .nf
71 # acpidump > acpidump.out 71 # acpidump > acpidump.out
72 72
73 $ acpixtract -a acpidump.out 73 $ acpixtract -a acpidump.out
74 Acpi table [DSDT] - 15974 bytes writt 74 Acpi table [DSDT] - 15974 bytes written to DSDT.dat
75 Acpi table [FACS] - 64 bytes writt 75 Acpi table [FACS] - 64 bytes written to FACS.dat
76 Acpi table [FACP] - 116 bytes writt 76 Acpi table [FACP] - 116 bytes written to FACP.dat
77 Acpi table [APIC] - 120 bytes writt 77 Acpi table [APIC] - 120 bytes written to APIC.dat
78 Acpi table [MCFG] - 60 bytes writt 78 Acpi table [MCFG] - 60 bytes written to MCFG.dat
79 Acpi table [SSDT] - 444 bytes writt 79 Acpi table [SSDT] - 444 bytes written to SSDT1.dat
80 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes writt 80 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT2.dat
81 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes writt 81 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT3.dat
82 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes writt 82 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT4.dat
83 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes writt 83 Acpi table [SSDT] - 439 bytes written to SSDT5.dat
84 Acpi table [RSDT] - 76 bytes writt 84 Acpi table [RSDT] - 76 bytes written to RSDT.dat
85 Acpi table [RSDP] - 20 bytes writt 85 Acpi table [RSDP] - 20 bytes written to RSDP.dat
86 86
87 $ iasl -d *.dat 87 $ iasl -d *.dat
88 ... 88 ...
89 .fi 89 .fi
90 creates *.dsl, a human readable form which can 90 creates *.dsl, a human readable form which can be edited
91 and compiled using iasl. 91 and compiled using iasl.
92 92
93 93
94 .SH NOTES 94 .SH NOTES
95 95
96 .B "acpidump " 96 .B "acpidump "
97 must be run as root. 97 must be run as root.
98 98
99 .SH REFERENCES 99 .SH REFERENCES
100 ACPICA: https://acpica.org/ 100 ACPICA: https://acpica.org/
101 101
102 .SH FILES 102 .SH FILES
103 .ta 103 .ta
104 .nf 104 .nf
105 /dev/mem 105 /dev/mem
106 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/* 106 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/*
107 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic/* 107 /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/dynamic/*
108 /sys/firmware/efi/systab 108 /sys/firmware/efi/systab
109 .fi 109 .fi
110 110
111 .SH AUTHOR 111 .SH AUTHOR
112 .TP 112 .TP
113 Original by: 113 Original by:
114 Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com> 114 Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>
115 .TP 115 .TP
116 Written by: 116 Written by:
117 Chao Guan <chao.guan@intel.com> 117 Chao Guan <chao.guan@intel.com>
118 .TP 118 .TP
119 Updated by: 119 Updated by:
120 Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com> 120 Bob Moore <robert.moore@intel.com>
121 Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com> 121 Lv Zheng <lv.zheng@intel.com>
122 122
123 .SH SEE ALSO 123 .SH SEE ALSO
124 \&\fIacpixtract\fR\|(8), \fIiasl\fR\|(8). 124 \&\fIacpixtract\fR\|(8), \fIiasl\fR\|(8).
125 125
126 .SH COPYRIGHT 126 .SH COPYRIGHT
127 COPYRIGHT (c) 2013, Intel Corporation. 127 COPYRIGHT (c) 2013, Intel Corporation.
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